Lacalma ferrealis (Hampson, 1906) (previously known as Orthaga ferrealis) EPIPASCHIINAE,   PYRALIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Buck Richardson, Kuranda, Queensland)

This moth has dark green forewings with white markings, and plain brown hindwings. The wingspan is about 3 cms. The green fades to brown in dead specimens.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading :

George F. Hampson,
On new Thyrididae and Pyralidae,
Annals and Magazine of Natural History,
Series 7, Volume 17 (1906), pp. 145-146, No. 3a.

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(updated 12 February 2010, 4 November 2025)